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1839 Aug. 9 continued. think, from the character the General has given of the complaint, and from that of the individuals implicated; there is good reason tl believe that the statements are destitute of truth. They deem it proper, however, through justice to Mess WMS. and Daniel R. Coody, that they should be ap-prised of the information the writers have received which they will communicate to them. The writers add that the General is right in supposing that they dis-countenance threats of such a character. They promise that the matter shall receive due notice and that such action shall be taken in regard to it, as full information may render proper; and such as may check the fabri-cation and circulation of reports injurious to the reputation of their respectable citizens. The writers, in a postscript, hope that the Gen-eral's fears that the Committee from the mouth of the Illinois will not meet them on the ground the General apprehends, will not be realized.

Aug. 12. Gen: Arbuckle at Fort Gibson, writes to John Ross Esq; & others, in Convention, near the Illinois River. - The General says they will therewith receive a copy of a communication addressed to Captain Armstrong, Acting Superin-tendant Western Territory, by the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation, with a copy of which they will perceive those chiefs have furnished the General, and by which the persons whom he